13 “I have always been God.No one can save people from my power;when I do something, no one can change it.”
14 This is what the Lord, who saves you,the Holy One of Israel, says:“I will send armies to Babylon for you,and I will knock down all its locked gates.The Babylonians will shout their cries of sorrow.
15 I am the Lord, your Holy One,the Creator of Israel, your King.”
16 This is what the Lord says.He is the one who made a road through the seaand a path through rough waters.
17 He is the one who defeated the chariots and horsesand the mighty armies.They fell together and will never rise again.They were destroyed as a flame is put out.
18 The Lord says, “Forget what happened before,and do not think about the past.
19 Look at the new thing I am going to do.It is already happening. Don’t you see it?I will make a road in the desertand rivers in the dry land.